Elementary Education K–6
Subtest 2: Social Science (602)

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Competency 1—Knowledge of effective instructional practice and assessment of the social sciences

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 19%
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1. Select appropriate resources for instructional delivery of social science concepts, including complex informational text.
2. Identify appropriate resources for planning for instruction of social science concepts.
3. Choose appropriate methods for assessing social science concepts.
4. Determine appropriate learning environments for social science lessons.
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Competency 2—Knowledge of time, continuity, and change (i.e., history)

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 26%
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1. Identify and analyze historical events that are related by cause and effect.
2. Analyze the sequential nature of historical events using timelines.
3. Analyze examples of primary and secondary source documents for historical perspective.
4. Analyze the impacts of the cultural contributions and technological developments of Africa; the Americas; Asia, including the Middle East; and Europe.
5. Identify the significant historical leaders and events that have influenced Eastern and Western civilizations.
6. Determine the causes and consequences of exploration, settlement, and growth on various cultures.
7. Interpret the ways that individuals and events have influenced economic, social, and political institutions in the world, nation, or state.
8. Analyze immigration and settlement patterns that have shaped the history of the United States.
9. Identify how various cultures contributed to the unique social, cultural, economic, and political features of Florida.
10. Identify the significant contributions of the early and classical civilizations.
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Competency 3—Knowledge of people, places, and environment (i.e., geography)

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 18%
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1. Identify and apply the six essential elements of geography (i.e., the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, uses of geography), including the specific terms for each element.
2. Analyze and interpret maps and other graphic representations of physical and human systems.
3. Identify and evaluate tools and technologies (e.g., maps, globe, GPS, satellite imagery) used to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
4. Interpret statistics that show how places differ in their human and physical characteristics.
5. Analyze ways in which people adapt to an environment through the production and use of clothing, food, and shelter.
6. Determine the ways tools and technological advances affect the environment.
7. Identify and analyze physical, cultural, economic, and political reasons for the movement of people in the world, nation, or state.
8. Evaluate the impact of transportation and communication networks on the economic development in different regions.
9. Compare and contrast major regions of the world, nation, or state.
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Competency 4—Knowledge of government and the citizen (i.e., government and civics)

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 20%
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1. Distinguish between the structure, functions, and purposes of federal, state, and local government.
2. Compare and contrast the rights and responsibilities of a citizen in the world, nation, state, and community.
3. Identify and interpret major concepts of the U.S. Constitution and other historical documents.
4. Compare and contrast the ways the legislative, executive, and judicial branches share powers and responsibility.
5. Analyze the U.S. electoral system and the election process.
6. Identify and analyze the relationships between social, economic, and political rights and the historical documents that secure these rights in the United States.
7. Identify and analyze the processes of the U.S. legal system.
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Competency 5—Knowledge of production, distribution, and consumption (i.e., economics)

  • Approximate Percentage of Total Subtest Questions: 17%
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1. Determine ways that scarcity affects the choices made by governments and individuals.
2. Compare and contrast the characteristics and importance of currency.
3. Identify and analyze the role of markets from production through distribution to consumption.
4. Identify and analyze factors to consider when making consumer decisions.
5. Analyze the economic interdependence between nations (e.g., trade, finance, movement of labor).
6. Identify human, natural, and capital resources and evaluate how these resources are used in the production of goods and services.
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